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Carolyn Kaiser: Voting Republican puts retirement benefits at risk
Every time Johnson and his fellow Republican politicians attack Social Security and Medicare, it reaffirms the fact that Republicans in Congress do not care about seniors and our livelihood — they only care about themselves.

Reggie Jackson: What you don’t know about hate may kill me
The rise of of hate is alarming, but not nearly as alarming as the fact the time and time again, angry men with guns are taking their hatred into public places and murdering people.

Mike McCabe: Hope’s most urgent hour
Although I am optimistic by nature, I find it a struggle these days to remain hopeful.

Gregory Humphrey: President Biden keeps promise about student loan forgiveness
Finally, after years and years of pressing the issue in election after election, action has now been taken on student loan forgiveness.

Dave Cieslewicz: Biden’s loan forgiveness is unforgivable
Credit Joe Biden with taking a horrible idea and making it better. But the very idea of forgiving any amount of student loan debt is so fundamentally flawed that no amount of lipstick is going to make that pig any prettier.

Dave Zweifel: We’ve kicked teachers around for years; now we’re paying the price
Nationwide, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, roughly 300,000 public school educators and staff left the field between Feb. 2020 and May 2022.

M.D. Kittle: Republicans rip Evers’ election-year ‘tax gimmick’
In arguably one of the most thinly veiled political moves in Wisconsin history, Gov. Tony Evers rolled out a “working families” tax relief package Tuesday, on the second anniversary of the Kenosha riots — one of the Democrat’s worst failures as governor.

Dan O’Donnell: Robbing the poor to pay the rich
Biden’s plan to cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers earning up to $125,000 per year is very possibly the single biggest transfer from poor to rich in American history.

Will Martin: It has always been about you & our community!
For some, losing an election means leaving the scene. Not me. We have too many challenges left to address, too many solutions that need to be offered, and too many people to celebrate who are making a difference.

John Nichols: Ron Johnson now admits he was part of the fake-elector scheme
But the senator from Wisconsin says it’s cool because he only participated in the seditious conspiracy for “a couple seconds.”

John Torinus: Loser Cheney will be Trump’s nightmare
She will be more effective in her avowed opposition to his return to the Oval Office on the outside of the House of Representative politics than inside. She could be his worst nightmare.

Saul Anuzis: Actually, Ron Johnson is a champion for the future of both Social Security and Medicare
The conversation around the viability of Social Security and Medicare is one that has been sitting on the sidelines for far too long, and Johnson has made it very clear that he is willing to take actions to guarantee that those who have already paid into the program will experience the benefits.

Ruth Conniff: Social Security at issue in fall election
Ron Johnson supports ending guaranteed right to Social Security, Medicare.

Bruce Murphy: How Johnson avoided paying tons of taxes
Meanwhile his backers are running an ad claiming Mandela Barnes didn’t pay his taxes.

Steven Walters: Roth, Rodriguez battle for lt. governor
The two could hardly be more different in their background, experience and political views.

Spencer Black: All of a sudden, Biden looks like a mid-term boon for Democrats
While Biden’s approval rating is still underwater (but improving), his impressive accomplishments can be a significant positive force in the November elections.

M.D. Kittle: Remembering the Kenosha riots: ‘It didn’t have to be this way’
In the summer of George Floyd and other high-profile incidents of African-Americans dying at the hands of police, Gov. Tony Evers lumped in the Jacob Blake shooting and joined a chorus of radical voices in vilifying the cops.

Richard Moore: Not just the FBI
Biden, Democrats balloon IRS agent force

LaKeshia Myers: Buying Black: Black businesses fuel the American economy
August is Black Business Month, a time to celebrate and cherish the many African American owned businesses across the country.

M.D. Kittle: Quiet coordination?
Evers’ B-roll ends up in B.S. political ad.

Carolyn Kaiser: Voting Republican puts retirement benefits at risk
Every time Johnson and his fellow Republican politicians attack Social Security and Medicare, it reaffirms the fact that Republicans in Congress do not care about seniors and our livelihood — they only care about themselves.

Reggie Jackson: What you don’t know about hate may kill me
The rise of of hate is alarming, but not nearly as alarming as the fact the time and time again, angry men with guns are taking their hatred into public places and murdering people.

Mike McCabe: Hope’s most urgent hour
Although I am optimistic by nature, I find it a struggle these days to remain hopeful.

Gregory Humphrey: President Biden keeps promise about student loan forgiveness
Finally, after years and years of pressing the issue in election after election, action has now been taken on student loan forgiveness.

Dave Cieslewicz: Biden’s loan forgiveness is unforgivable
Credit Joe Biden with taking a horrible idea and making it better. But the very idea of forgiving any amount of student loan debt is so fundamentally flawed that no amount of lipstick is going to make that pig any prettier.

Dave Zweifel: We’ve kicked teachers around for years; now we’re paying the price
Nationwide, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, roughly 300,000 public school educators and staff left the field between Feb. 2020 and May 2022.

M.D. Kittle: Republicans rip Evers’ election-year ‘tax gimmick’
In arguably one of the most thinly veiled political moves in Wisconsin history, Gov. Tony Evers rolled out a “working families” tax relief package Tuesday, on the second anniversary of the Kenosha riots — one of the Democrat’s worst failures as governor.

Dan O’Donnell: Robbing the poor to pay the rich
Biden’s plan to cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers earning up to $125,000 per year is very possibly the single biggest transfer from poor to rich in American history.

Will Martin: It has always been about you & our community!
For some, losing an election means leaving the scene. Not me. We have too many challenges left to address, too many solutions that need to be offered, and too many people to celebrate who are making a difference.

John Nichols: Ron Johnson now admits he was part of the fake-elector scheme
But the senator from Wisconsin says it’s cool because he only participated in the seditious conspiracy for “a couple seconds.”

John Torinus: Loser Cheney will be Trump’s nightmare
She will be more effective in her avowed opposition to his return to the Oval Office on the outside of the House of Representative politics than inside. She could be his worst nightmare.

Saul Anuzis: Actually, Ron Johnson is a champion for the future of both Social Security and Medicare
The conversation around the viability of Social Security and Medicare is one that has been sitting on the sidelines for far too long, and Johnson has made it very clear that he is willing to take actions to guarantee that those who have already paid into the program will experience the benefits.

Ruth Conniff: Social Security at issue in fall election
Ron Johnson supports ending guaranteed right to Social Security, Medicare.

Bruce Murphy: How Johnson avoided paying tons of taxes
Meanwhile his backers are running an ad claiming Mandela Barnes didn’t pay his taxes.

Steven Walters: Roth, Rodriguez battle for lt. governor
The two could hardly be more different in their background, experience and political views.

Spencer Black: All of a sudden, Biden looks like a mid-term boon for Democrats
While Biden’s approval rating is still underwater (but improving), his impressive accomplishments can be a significant positive force in the November elections.

M.D. Kittle: Remembering the Kenosha riots: ‘It didn’t have to be this way’
In the summer of George Floyd and other high-profile incidents of African-Americans dying at the hands of police, Gov. Tony Evers lumped in the Jacob Blake shooting and joined a chorus of radical voices in vilifying the cops.

Richard Moore: Not just the FBI
Biden, Democrats balloon IRS agent force

LaKeshia Myers: Buying Black: Black businesses fuel the American economy
August is Black Business Month, a time to celebrate and cherish the many African American owned businesses across the country.
